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  • From: Just Bee <marty AT justbeenc.com>
  • To: Randy Dodd <dodd.randy AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: "ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Question re queen in new package
  • Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:56:48 -0400

Randy you are in perfect shape!

They are supposed to be there!!
Marty

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On Apr 19, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Randy Dodd <dodd.randy AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> We are newbies and today we picked up two packages and introduced them to
> the new hives. When we pulled the queen cage out for each package, we saw
> some bees in the cage with her, much to our surprise! And we couldn't
> figure out how they got in. The queens were alive and possibly a little
> flustered. We went ahead and put the queens and everyone else in their new
> homes, following the instructions from class/the book/NCSU. So the
> questions:
>
> 1) is having other bees inside the queen cage intentional or accidental?
> Might the other bees be her "attendants"?
>
> 2) if it is accidental (somehow they snuck in), is there anything special
> to do? Should we liberate her immediately, or would that put her at more
> risk? Does it suggest we should check back on her sooner rather than
> later? I've seen opinions varying for when to monitor her release from a
> day to 5 days. In other words, if one or both queens don't make it, how
> quickly do we need to get replacements?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Randy Dodd
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